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Why are all ships right-side up??
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Shaithis Avargon
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2013-11-12 03:49:11 UTC
Hey, I was just wondering about this...why is there an "up" in space?? Is there some kind of unstated rule of engagement?
stoicfaux
#2 - 2013-11-12 04:00:45 UTC
Shaithis Avargon wrote:
Hey, I was just wondering about this...why is there an "up" in space?? Is there some kind of unstated rule of engagement?

For the same reason submarines always face up. So unless something has gone terribly wrong, or some seaman is doing barrel rolls in a Seawolf attack sub again, ships in EVE will eventually right themselves.

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Xearal
Dead's Prostitutes
The Initiative.
#3 - 2013-11-12 04:00:50 UTC
Because we're not flying spaceships in space, in fact, they are actually submarines underwater.

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Garandras
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-11-12 04:11:40 UTC
Shaithis Avargon wrote:
Hey, I was just wondering about this...why is there an "up" in space?? Is there some kind of unstated rule of engagement?


They are up for the same reason that the plants/moons dont orbit

It would just be too dam hard to do.. >_>
Shederov Blood
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
#5 - 2013-11-12 04:37:57 UTC
The enemy's gate is down.

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Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#6 - 2013-11-12 05:21:22 UTC
The ships are just balls in space really, it doesn't matter much if they are upside down or tilted.

Or warping backwards like the elite t3 pilots of the past used to do

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Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2013-11-12 05:27:48 UTC
For some reason they are never right side up during weekends. I presume this is a glitch CCP needs to fix.

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destiny2
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Rogue Drone Recovery Syndicate
#8 - 2013-11-12 05:36:03 UTC
We needs more Vertical ships, Myrmidon, and Naglfar need more like em Big smile
Evei Shard
Shard Industries
#9 - 2013-11-12 05:36:20 UTC
Posting in a stealth "Executioner/malediction/crusader is upside down" thread.

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Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#10 - 2013-11-12 05:50:48 UTC
destiny2 wrote:
We needs more Vertical ships, Myrmidon, and Naglfar need more like em Big smile

make the revenant vertical, like a nighthawk

sansha: the vertical faction

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Smohq Anmirorz
State War Academy
Caldari State
#11 - 2013-11-12 06:41:59 UTC
If you're left-handed, they're left-side up Roll
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#12 - 2013-11-12 06:48:51 UTC
clearly you've never flown an imicus.

they are wrong side...everywhere.
Good Apollo BS4
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2013-11-12 07:02:53 UTC
Just press C
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#14 - 2013-11-12 07:14:03 UTC
So orientation isn't a nauseating experience?

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Samoth Egnoled
Caldari Provisions
#15 - 2013-11-12 07:15:39 UTC
I swear someone from CCP said that it was 'Eve physics' and they aren't the same laws that govern our universe.

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Barkaial Starfinder
Brazilian Vultures
Ferrata Victrix
#16 - 2013-11-12 07:22:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Barkaial Starfinder
You need less thrusters on the ship if you design it in a way that it will fly mostly in a plane.

Also, the ship interior has artificial gravity and crew (together with inertia dampeners to keep crew alive), so the ships kinda need something to be considered "up".

Btw, EVE ships have top speed limits because of the functionality of the inertia dampeners.. If there were no limits on top speeds the crew would die in every turn, and your ship would take damage on any contact. And I made all this up.
Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#17 - 2013-11-12 08:32:27 UTC
Xearal wrote:
Because we're not flying spaceships in space, in fact, they are actually submarines underwater.


Space water, just to be clear.

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J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#18 - 2013-11-12 09:14:16 UTC
Please define up in space, where there is no gravity and thus no clear definition of down too.

For all we know up = down...

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Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#19 - 2013-11-12 09:20:48 UTC
Can you imagine if we had to account for yaw and stuff flying these things around, and disabled the autopilot feature? Some people wouldn't be able to handle it and unsub.

And by "some people" I am mainly referring to everyone D400 blows up.

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Jove Death
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2013-11-12 09:33:58 UTC
Shaithis Avargon wrote:
Hey, I was just wondering about this...why is there an "up" in space?? Is there some kind of unstated rule of engagement?


There is no up or down in space.

When you go to dock the stations are actually upside down.

Planets are at a 75 degree angle

Oh wait hang on "gotta stop drinking beer"

Its all in the brain mate Big smile

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